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Philippine Government Kills Hundreds In Recent Drug War Crackdown

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed that he was going to clean-up the drug problem in the country and it's said that many people voted to have him elected because they wanted to see something done about the worsening situation. “We will not stop until the last drug lord...and the last pusher have surrendered or are put either behind bars or below the ground, if they so wish,” Duterte previously stated. And he has been on a recent crackdown ever since taking office and it's one that is said to have cost thousands of people their lives.

The government has been criticized for seemingly displaying a sick level of pride over the death toll, and their drug crackdown overall. A Philippine police report said that the government's war on drugs had been highly appreciated and supported by the public. Duterte has vowed that the bloodshed will continue for the rest of his presidency which is expected to last the next six years.

Leaders and police in the Philippines want to credit the recent slaughter with bringing down overall crime rates, but of course murders and homicides have increased dramatically. One of the president's biggest rivals, Senator Leila De Lima, was recently removed from her inquiry role and she herself is now a subject of inquiry by the government.